Treasures

Today my computer died.
I really never thought it would happen to me, but it did. You always hear about someone's computer crashing, but I really didn't think it would ever happen to me.
For the past few weeks, my hard drive has been dwindling to the point where today, it had ZERO space left on it. This, after I had furiously deleted tons of photos and programs on my computer in an effort to gain more space. This was all done in vain however, as the HP customer support person informed me that my C Drive was "corrupt." Thank God that I had gotten an external back-up system in place a few weeks ago. As we speak, it is "restoring" my lost files. I am still not totally convinced that what I need to have on my computer will be there in the morning when it completes this process.
I have been sick to my stomach all day. When I gave the HP lady the go-ahead to wipe out my hard drive, a wave of nausea washed over me. I could see all of my boys' photos, from newborn on up, wash away, never to be seen again. I cried and cried as I thought about all those memories being potentially lost forever.
And it got me to thinking...
Lk 11:34-36] "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20 NIV
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
I have been focusing too much on what doesn't really matter. Instead of storing the memory in my heart, and focusing on the God who gave me those I love so much, I have been focusing on the physical memories--the photos. They have probably become too important to me. I needed a good reminder that the photos are just a representation of what I love so dearly, not the people themselves.
Nothing in this world will last except our heavenly treasures. Neither moth, or rust, or even a computer virus will destroy those.